Report to Parliament - On The Readiness of First Nations Communities And Organizations To Comply With The Canadian Human Rights Act

• Main Author: Metallic, Naiomi
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Schulich Law Scholars 2011
• Subjects: Human Rights Law; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Law; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/scholarly_works/152

Bill C-21 required the “Government of Canada, together with the appropriate organizations representing the First Nations peoples of Canada” to “undertake a study to identify the extent of preparation, capacity and fiscal and human resources that will be required in order for First Nations communities and organizations to comply with the Canadian Human Rights Act.” In keeping with this statutory requirement, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), on behalf of the Government of Canada, asked three organizations that represent the interests of those constituencies most affected by the repeal of section 67 of the CHRA to conduct an assessment of the readiness of their respective constituencies to implement the CHRA. These three organizations are the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP). This report summarizes the results of this work, lays out the progress made by First Nations communities and organizations in preparing for the full application of the CHRA, and fulfills the Government of Canada’s requirement under section 4 of the Act.